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Sexual abuse by UN peacekeepers
Various personnel of the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping force are accused of committing large-scale sexual abuse, frequently of children, and related crimes while on duty. An Associated Press (AP) investigation revealed in 2017 that "at least 134 Sri Lankan peacekeepers" from the UN were involved in a child sex ring in Haiti over a 10-year period and that although 114 of them were sent home, none were charged for the crimes. The AP further found that over the 12 years before 2017, there had been almost 2,000 allegations of sexual abuse and exploitation by peacekeepers and other UN personnel around the world. These crimes occurred among personnel from and in many countries. After the report, U.S. Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, urged all countries to hold their UN peacekeepers accountable for any sexual abuse or exploitation. The responsibility for such charges falls upon the perpetrators' home countries as the UN has no direct jurisdiction over peacekeepers; the only punitive measures...
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